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From MrBeast to DeFi, Aster Sees Strong Gains with $30M in Fees

From MrBeast to DeFi, Aster Sees Strong Gains with $30M in Fees

CoinspeakerCoinspeaker2025/09/28 16:00
By:By Wahid Pessarlay Editor Julia Sakovich

The YZi Labs-backed decentralized exchange, Aster, has garnered significant attention from both large and small investors and is now experiencing strong momentum.

Key Notes

  • Aster’s native token gained 9% over the past 24 hours.
  • The DEX collected over $30 million in fees, thanks to the $87 billion trading volume.
  • MrBeast joined the bullish momentum with another $320,000 ASTER purchase.

Aster, a derivatives decentralized exchange, is showing signs of a potential breakout amid a huge purchase from YouTuber MrBeast and surpassing all protocols in terms of 24-hour fees.

The native token of the DEX, ASTER, rose 9% over the past 24 hours to $1.96. Its market capitalization is currently hovering just over $3.2 billion.

The price hike comes as Aster, which is backed by Changpeng Zhao’s YZi Labs, recorded an $87 billion derivatives trading volume, according to data from CoinMarketCap. This accounts for a 90.6% market share as the second-largest volume, worth $6.4 billion, comes from its rival Hyperliquid.

Following the massive trading volume, Aster collected roughly $30 million in 24-hour fees, surpassing stablecoin leaders like Tether and Circle, which collected $22.2 million and $7.7 million in fees, respectively, according to DefiLlama .

Aster’s rival , Hyperliquid, accumulated only $3.17 million in fees over the same timeframe.

MrBeast Buys More ASTER

The YZi Labs-backed project didn’t just bring users from decentralized finance, but also caught the eye of Jimmy Donaldson, a famous YouTuber and entrepreneur known as MrBeast.

According to data from Lookonchain, MrBeast extended his ASTER holdings by 167,436 tokens on late Sept. 28.

MrBeast( @MrBeast ) spent another 320,587 $USDT to buy 167,436 $ASTER 8 hours ago.

He has bought a total of 705,821 $ASTER ($1.28M).

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 29, 2025

He bought the assets for over 320,000 USDT, and currently has a total of 705,821 ASTER, worth roughly $1.3 million.

Due to MrBeast’s popularity, this movement could trigger the fear of missing out among investors, consequently pushing the ASTER price.

At this point, ASTER is down by 20.3% from its Sept. 24 all-time high of $2.42 .

It’s important to note that the DeFi protocol already has a total value locked of $2.27 billion, marking a new ATH.

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